| 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football | |
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MOCC co-champion | |
| Conference | Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (3–1 MOCC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Tech + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumption (ON) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DeSales (OH) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Mary's (MI) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ferris Institute | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team represented the Lawrence Institute of Technology of Highland Park, Michigan, as a member of the Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference (MOCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Ridler,[1] the Blue Devils compiled a 6–3 record, tied for the MOCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 147 to 96.[2]
Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to the MOCC all-conference first team: end Fred Dupke; tackle Walter Nowacki; guard Al Schrecke; halfback Harry Awdey; and halfback Jackie Coogan.[3]
Paul Ribbentrop, a cousin of Germany's Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, played at the tackle position for the 1930 Lawrence Tech team.[4]
- ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 2, 1940). "Lawrence Tech Freshman Nearly Created Incident". The Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech (MI) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ "All-Stars Led by Lawrence: Five Players Get Positions on M-O Conference Eleven". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 30, 1940). "Once More It's Proved There's Nothing in a Name". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.